HotShot Blog

Why do women find bald men unnattractive? Now before all you baldies get up in arms, let me tell you that some of the most wonderful, loving and worthy men I know are bald - like my father, both of my grandfathers, all my uncles, heck pretty much every male in my family over 30. (I am not immune to this either, all you have to do is give me some steroids- with the activating power of androgens, my Xtreme bald genes will kick right in)

Yet, like most of my peers, I prefer men to have a manly full rugged head of hair. Of course, male-pattern baldness is sort of paradox - it's caused by an excess of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a sort of extra-powerful super-charged manly form of testorsterone. It's the Arnold Schwarzenagger of hormones. Men with the correct genetic predisposition, upon reaching puberty, will start churning out DHT and setting off a ticking time bomb which eventually leave their crowns naked and bare like a baby's bum. Of course you have to realize, that all this testosterone must affect other parts of their bodies too....leading me to wonder why, evolutionarilly, women don't prefer bald men, as they should have increased 'virility'.

Of course facial hair is a sign of virility too, but most ladies don't find facial hair on men to be attractive, either. But the difference there is it's much easier to fantasize a hairy guy without the beard than a bald guy with hair.

So what hope exists for the bald guys? Propecia - a lot of guys will say they don't want to try it since it lowers sex drive (by blocking that manly DHT). But hey, first you need to have somebody to enjoy that sex drive with :p And there's always a wig, but unless it's a good one we can usually tell. Don't even try the baseball cap, we always assume there's a bald spot under there. One friend told me that the only thing that hurts him is noticing that once he went bald, women stopped checking him out. They do however check him out when he wears a bandana on his head. Yet as we get older, we'll start to notice the bald guys more and more. I see lots of good looking older ladies check out my bald dad all the time. I think when I get older, I'll probably check out bald guys too (but not my dad, that would be gross).

Bald guys, don't be too disenheartened. Personality always trumps hairdo, or lack of one. And in the meantime, let this lovely 'poem' by my friend Qijia Ouyang cheer you up:
bald guys are cool
u can shine their head
and it'll light up the road
at night

Thank you...